Table 4 Grain yield in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice grown under different sowing periods in 2015 and 2016.

From: Elastic sowing dates with low seeding rate for grain yield maintenance in mechanized large-scale double-cropped rice production

Season

Cultivar

Sowing date delay (days)

Yield (t/ha)

Panicle m−2

Spikelet panicle−1

Filling ratio (%)

Grain weight (mg)

2015 ER

ZZ39

+0

6.01

240

110

90.1

25.6

  

+5

6.88

264

103

87.8

25.7

  

+10

6.84

258

117

89.1

25.6

  

+15

5.99

214

135

83.6

24.8

2016 ER

ZZ39

+0

8.61

312

128

81.6

24.3

  

+5

7.68

342

114

83.5

25.0

  

+10

7.90

291

132

77.1

25.1

  

+15

7.39

259

130

80.3

24.4

 

LLY268

+0

7.01

387

100

75.4

24.7

  

+5

7.36

379

89

82.8

24.9

  

+10

6.72

382

105

59.7

24.1

  

+15

6.12

381

106

65.8

24.0

  

+0

7.36 ± 1.31a

322 ± 74a

113 ± 14a

81.4 ± 7.4a

24.8 ± 0.7a

  

+5

7.36 ± 0.40a

337 ± 59a

102 ± 13a

84.3 ± 2.7a

25.2 ± 0.4a

  

+10

6.82 ± 0.65a

305 ± 64a

118 ± 14a

73.5 ± 14.8a

24.9 ± 0.8a

  

+15

6.56 ± 0.77a

306 ± 86a

122 ± 16a

75.7 ± 9.5a

24.4 ± 0.4a

  

LSD0.05

1.60

135

26

18.1

1.1

2015 LR

HY518

+0

6.57

383

91

82.8

25.1

  

+5

6.85

367

82

76.1

25.3

  

+10

7.22

350

91

79.4

24.6

  

+15

5.07

360

101

74.4

24.6

  

+20

5.83

398

75

64.5

24.8

2016 LR

HY518

+0

8.81

396

130

78.6

24.8

  

+5

8.19

401

125

77.8

23.6

  

+10

8.57

446

111

72.4

26.0

  

+15

6.90

480

116

59.9

25.4

  

+20

5.38

502

137

45.6

22.9

 

TY390

+0

7.55

431

133

80.8

20.5

  

+5

8.89

413

135

73.1

22.4

  

+10

6.42

437

127

61.5

22.8

  

+15

5.09

442

145

54.2

20.3

  

+20

3.27

561

118

35.5

18.9

  

+0

7.64 ± 1.12ab

409 ± 25a

126 ± 23a

80.2 ± 2.1a

22.9 ± 2.6a

  

+5

7.98 ± 1.04a

401 ± 24a

123 ± 28a

75.6 ± 2.4ab

23.3 ± 1.5a

  

+10

7.40 ± 1.09ab

429 ± 53a

115 ± 18a

68.8 ± 9.0ab

24.4 ± 1.6a

  

+15

5.69 ± 1.05bc

429 ± 61a

115 ± 22a

59.5 ± 10.4bc

23.1 ± 2.7a

  

+20

4.83 ± 1.37c

512 ± 83a

120 ± 32a

44.0 ± 14.7c

21.4 ± 3.0a

  

LSD 0.05

2.07

98

46

16.6

4.3

  1. ER, early rice; LR, late rice. LSD, least significant difference at a significance level of P < 0.05.